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A. ERKBNBRECHER. STARGH ELEVATOR.

No. 67.514. Patented Aug. 6.-186'L El- -I mi Ncms Pinus co, PHoroLl'mo,wAsmusroN. D c.

@einen gratte @attent @Hire ANDREW ERKENBRECHER, 0FV CINCINNATI, oHIo.Leners Patent Nv. 67,514, dated August e, 1867.

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.:

Be it'lrn'owu Vthat/li, ANDREW ERKENBRECHER, of Cincinnati, Hamiltoncounty, Ohio, have invented a new und useful Starch-Elevator; and Ihereby declare the following to be a; full, clear, and eXact descriptionthereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to a device for conveying to an upper or distantroom the moulded and separated blocks of partially solidified starch, soas to place the saine convenient to the drying apparatus.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section ofnl machine embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a, plan thereof.

. is a yframe composed of two beams or shears B B connected together bya web, aiibrdiug journalbeming for two rollers -D D', of which the upperone,` D, is the driver'to an endless apron, E, which is stretched aroundboth of them. F are rollers, which support the upper or effective sideof the apron. G is a stand or trestle, affording journal-bearing for a.series of rollers, H, which receive from -the apron E, one afteranother, the boards L on which the wet staren-blocks are placed. Thetrestlel is arranged at a properheight above the floor of thedrying-room, for convenient removal, by the operatives, of thestarch-laden boards to.:l suitable table. The wet blocks being liftedsingly onto the drying-racks, the boards, as fast as empty, are placededge- Wise in the upper end of n trough, J, having a. series of rollers,K, which enable the boards to descend to the place of commencement bytheir gravity, whence they are removed to a'table in the lower story torecente fresh loads of wet starch.

By the above means I enable the safe, easy, and expeditious removal andelevation of the wet starch, free from the severe labor, wnstage, anddirt-tracking which accompany the ordinary mode'of elevation on. the`shoulders of a gang of laborers.

I claim herein as new,'and of my invention- The arrangement of ascendingendless apron E, trestle Ur, and return-trough J, as and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

ANDREW ERKENBRECHER..

Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, JAMES H. LAYMAN.

